Sic Itur Ad Astra – Thus The Way To The Stars : 144 years of astronomy
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The November 2025 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2025-2026 session will be held on Friday, 21st November from 19:00 to 21:00. Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. Donations are always welcome but are not required. About This Meeting 19:00 – 19:20 – Meeting opens with Society business19:20 – 20:00 – Lecture20:00 – 20:20 – Tea break in the communal area followed by raffle in the meeting room.20:20 – 21:00 – Lecture continued followed by Q&A and the Vote of […]Continue Reading »
Liverpool AS will joining Liverpool World Museum once again for an interesting evening of telescopes, talks and planetarium shows. Although this event is not free, tickets are low cost and are available on the World Museum event page here where you will also find the full line-up for the talks and planetarium shows.Continue Reading »
Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. The Annual General Meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2023-2024 session will be held on Friday, May 17th from 19:00 to 21:00. The meeting will consist of Society business, followed by short talks from our own Members. The talks are: “Report on the April 2024 Total Eclipse” by Mr. Peter Hannah “Paramount Observatory – It’s all about the Photons” by Mr. Les Girvan Livestream & Recording Information This meeting will be held at our normal […]Continue Reading »
Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. The February 2024 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2023-2024 session will be held on Friday, February 16th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Mr. Gary Palmer FRAS, well-respected astro-photographer (with a preference for solar work), BAA member and tutor. From Gary’s ‘About Me’ page: I started off with the basics of a DSLR and some free software as a hobby, now I work at the top end of manufacturing […]Continue Reading »
Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. The March 2024 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2023-2024 session will be held on Friday, March 22nd from 19:00 to 21:00. Please note: This is the FOURTH Friday of the month, not the third. Our guest speaker this month is Professor Andy Newsam, Professor of Astronomy Education and Engagement at Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, and Director of the National Schools’ Observatory. The title of the lecture is: A Universe for All […]Continue Reading »
Members of the public are welcome to attend (for free), but please consider joining our Society if you attend more than two monthly meetings. The April 2024 monthly meeting of Liverpool Astronomical Society for the 2023-2024 session will be held on Friday, April 19th from 19:00 to 21:00. Our guest speaker this month is Dr. Dimitris Stamatellos, PhD, Reader in Astrophysics (Associate Professor) of the University of Central Lancashire where he leads the Theoretical star formation and Exoplanets Group. His website can be found at https://dstamatellos.wordpress.com/ The title of the lecture (previously listed as “Exoplanets”) is: New Worlds in our Galaxy […]Continue Reading »
Join Professor Laurence Garvie, an expert on meteorites from Arizona State University where he conducts research and curates the globally significant meteorite collection. Find out more about his amazing findings and his life, spent travelling the world looking for new specimens to help further our knowledge of the universe. Questions? If you have any questions about tickets, please contact the Box Office at tickets@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk or call 0151 478 4444. Phone lines are open Monday-Sunday, 10am – 5pm.Continue Reading »
Come along to our Solar Day at the Miller & Carter Steakhouse, Otterspool, L17 5AL from 13:00 until 17:00 where we’ll have specially adapted telescopes in which you can safely view the sun. In addition, there will be talks, no matter the weather.Continue Reading »
Week long UCLAN Lancashire Science week with Solar scopes, desk and displays. We will be helping out along side PADAS on the last day which is the public day. Organised by Lancashire Science Festival Email: lancscifest@uclan.ac.uk;Continue Reading »
